October 2007 Archives

"Cottaging is a gay slang term referring to anonymous male/male sex in a public lavatory (a cottage), or to the practice of cruising for sexual partners in public lavatories with the intention of having sex elsewhere. The term may have its roots in the English cant language of Polari, or in the fact that many self-contained English toilet blocks have in the past resembled small cottages in their appearance."

This makes living in a cottage all that much more exciting--it's possible that at any time, closeted homosexuals might stumble into my home, make hand signals in the bathroom and be forced to resign from the senate. In America, we call these places "cruisy." Last year I was obsessed with making a Google Maps site that would allow users to search for cruisy spots. I thought that finally, I would give something back to the world. I would be able to help latent homosexuals meet in public places for discreet sexual encounters. I had a spreadsheet of over 1,000 spots, broken down by type (public bathrooms, parks, gyms, xxx theaters, etc.) with latitude and longitudes, etc. I spent ages working on this freaking thing. Then I realized I was too stupid to make the database that was necessary to make this stupid thing work. If you are willing to make a SQL database, I, various members of the Republican Party and George Michael will love you forever.